Hubby just killed a rattlesnake in our back yard. My hero hubby chopped it's head off with a shovel and at the moment is cutting the rattle off as his warrior trophy. I hate to have any animal or reptile killed but we just couldn't have it hanging around our house with the danger to our little dog, our cats, and us! It is/was a little over 3 feet long, and from the look of the rattle 6 years old. Sorry, rattlesnake. This is the first one we have seen this year, and I don't want to see another one for a long, long, time! (shivers!) Now I'm going to have the hibby jibbies and be on the lookout for the rest of the summer.

This rattlesnake today didn't die in vain...I will use the photos as research and reference for painting rattlesnakes in the future. I actually think the scales are pretty ( I know, I'm weird) but I find rattlesnakes fascinating and beautiful even though they are deadly reptiles.I'm sorry if these photos should happen to offend anyone. That is not my intention for showing them.

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